April Fools' Day 2006

Hoaxes

The Pokeani front page

Pokémon-related hoaxes this year included:

A special edition of Bulbacast was released, breaking the news about 10 newly-discovered Pokémon names, as well as other 'information' about Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, such as a true cross-breeding feature and the name of the new region. The Pokeani hoaxes were also discussed.

Psypoke celebrated Seizure Awareness Day, with a new banner and bright new flashing color scheme. The forums were also modified to have a similar flashing-color effect within each table cell on the index page.

Miscellaneous

"Hmm... she's trying to kill it? But I want that honor."

pkmn.net set up the profanity filter on their forums to change various common words: